one who will bring you nothing but a loss in your time with Allah –
the Mighty and Majestic – and being cut off from Him, a wasting your
time with the person, a weakening of your energy, and the dispersing
of your resolve. So, if you are tested with this – and you must be
tested with this – deal with him according to how Allah would wish,
and be patient with him as much as possible. Get closer to Allah and
His Pleasure by way of this person, and make your getting together
with him something to benefit from, not something to incur a loss
from. Be with him as if you are a man who is on a road who was stopped
by another man, who then asks you to take him on your journey. Make
sure that you are the one who gives him a ride, and that he is not the
one giving you the ride. If he refuses, and there is nothing to gain
from traveling with him, do not stop for him, bid him farewell, and do
not even turn back to look at him, as he is a highway robber,
regardless of who he really is.
So, save your heart, be wary of how you spend your days and nights,
and do not let the Sun set before you arrive at your destination.”
['al-Wabil as-Sayyib'; p. 45]
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